Shower Thoughts

After writing Bread Crumbs I took a little break from writing this week. That first paper took a lot more brain storming that I had anticipated. In no way have I been able to really rest my brain from it (due to the algebra), but I did manage to get a hike in and a night out for my friend Summer’s birthday.

The paper process was kind of fun. Last semester I wrote a good three papers a week, but they were more along the lines of research papers or opinions. This one was tough because I can’t google myself, figure out how I became a reader and a writer, form a thesis, and elaborate. I had to do some inward digging, which is something I don’t do often enough.

It was kind of tough getting the memories to come back. I had to provoke them with a lot of daydreaming, which, in turn, got my brain off topic. But, my brain and I had a pretty good time together, retracing our steps, looking for things we had forgotten. I like my brain. Its an interesting place in there.

It makes me wonder how that works. What is the process of retrieving a memory, physically. What is happening in my brain? Why can I think of a subject, and my brain immediately say “Hey, remember that one time that we….” and its relative. Its pretty amazing how organized that thing is. Its an amazing organ. Clearly, I wouldn’t be cognitive without one. I wouldn’t be writing, or reading, or learning…

Well, this is getting a bit “Shower Thoughts”-like.

I wish I had more time for blogging, but I have an algebra chapter test and midterm next week… so back to the books. It’s been fun.